Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3

Performance Results


Gaming 47% Yacht	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 36% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	62.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	88.4% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (44%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3 (all builds)
Memory	4.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150731
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 16 '21 at 15:50
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	44%

PC Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690-$52 73,695 User benchmarks, average bench 67% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	74.9% Very good	Memory 83.8 1-Core 109 2-Core 224 78% 139 Pts	4-Core 393 8-Core 326 50% 359 Pts	64-Core 417 26% 417 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 74.9% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Asus(1043 8506) CLim: 1462 MHz, MLim: 1507 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 461.09 Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	62.2% Good	Lighting 79.2 Reflection 86.1 Parallax 76.2 64% 80.5 fps	MRender 69.6 Gravity 75.1 Splatting 67.2 58% 70.6 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 62.2% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 187GB free (System drive) Firmware: S1Z40102 SusWrite @10s intervals: 234 415 406 404 404 409 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	88.4% Excellent	Read 449 Write 382 Mixed 384 SusWrite 379 90% 398 MB/s	4K Read 27.4 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 18.6 128% 54.7 MB/s	DQ Read 136 DQ Write 332 DQ Mixed 31.2 82% 166 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 88.4% Great: 100%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 466GB free Firmware: 19.01H19 SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 120 122 123 123 122 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	68.6% Good	Read 120 Write 117 Mixed 71.8 SusWrite 120 78% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 1 170% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 68.6% Great: 69%
SanDisk Extreme USB 3.0 16GB-$17 2,906 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 3GB free, PID 5580 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 24 34 41 19 16 22 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	37.6% Below average	Read 39.8 Write 35.4 Mixed 20.1 SusWrite 25.8 39% 30.3 MB/s	4K Read 6.9 4K Write 8 4K Mixed 6.1 505% 7 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 37.6% Great: 81%
Samsung Flash Drive 32GB 12,134 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 1GB free, PID 1000 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 5.4 18 18 18 19 18 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	11.6% Very poor	Read 35.5 Write 2.5 Mixed 5.5 SusWrite 15.9 16% 14.9 MB/s	4K Read 3.5 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 1.7 95% 1.97 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 11.6% Great: 86%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 1x8GB 37,489 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	32.6% Below average	MC Read 10.2 MC Write 11.2 MC Mixed 9.9 30% 10.4 GB/s	SC Read 10.5 SC Write 11 SC Mixed 10 30% 10.5 GB/s	Latency 73.9 54% 73.9 ns
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 32.6% Great: 35%

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 35%

Jet ski

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3 - $102

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	615x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	470x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	416x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	291x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	204x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	156x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	77x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	70x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $38Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	63x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	81x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	77x
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	38x

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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $750

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16